WIP: 1970 'Gulf' Porsche 917K

[auw12]

Sean I must say you're an amazingly incredible modeler! You always work ultra fast and all on the top level, how?!!!!!

[SeanyG]

more progress on the cockpit...

to the left of the dash and down on the floor is what appears to be the eletrical gizmos for the car, relays, fuses etc.

This is omitted from the kit and obviously I had to add it, it was pretty straightforward, a bit of plasplate for the back and the rest were bits raided from the old/spares box. I drilled the four boxes and added fuse wire and coloured it accordingly.



this is roughly where it sits in relation to the dashboard...



as you can see I have also added the steering column and wheel, the column is straight from the sprue with a little clean up. For the wheel itself I cut out the plastic centre and replaced this with the Studio 27 etch upgrade - in my ref pics there are again numerous different wheels been used on the car and a mixture of black and bare metal so I've gone for the latter, I also tried to pick out a little stitching effect too. I have added a plunger on the top of the dash made from wire and an etch piece - this activates the fire extinguisher on the real car.



... still no engine :-(

[proosen]

I just love what you did to the dashboard not to mention the seams on the steering wheel, wow!

Let's hope for a quick delivery of the engine, I'm sure it will look as good as the rest.

Keep it coming, I've just glued my jaw with super glue and that would keep it from falling.



Niclas

[klutz_100]

Crikey!
Super detailing on the dash. I am really impressed with your ingenuity in making all those little details.

[jaykay640]

Very nice stuff man!

[flhansen]

Hi

As I'm into a Fujimi Gulf Porsche quickie myself I have tried to find a proper powder blue for the car. I have found two colours which both are labeled Gulf blue, but I must say that I'm disappointed with one brand. Guess which one on this unsuspecting GT2 that received Gulf blue on each side from two brands? I have contacted the seller about it, so for now it will remain nameless.



The colour on the right side - my final choice - is Finishers.

Great work on the details Sean.

Best regards

Flemming

[CeeElle]

i can't get over the hub/brake assemblies.

[gionc]

Outstanding, convincing, inspiring job, Sean. Just a pleasure to follow step by step: despite I'm fully ignorant in Porsche stuff I ever loved this car. Great.

[SeanyG]

thanks again to one and all for the comments!

Originally Posted by flhansen

Hi

As I'm into a Fujimi Gulf Porsche quickie myself I have tried to find a proper powder blue for the car. I have found two colours which both are labeled Gulf blue, but I must say that I'm disappointed with one brand. Guess which one on this unsuspecting GT2 that received Gulf blue on each side from two brands? I have contacted the seller about it, so for now it will remain nameless.

Flemming

Flemming - thats very interesting. I have yet to decide on what blue and orange combination to go for although the difference in those two is staggering, I will probably pick up both from Halfords (UK motorparts store) as they have a huge range of colours - but please go on... tell us who makes the blue on the left side? ;-)

Its funny - the colour scheme on your Porsche looks exactly like the current design for the Nike Football Goalkeeping shirts that are used at the moment :-)

[auw12]

It's unreal! The seams on the steering wheel is just...not real...

Hi Sean could you please tell me how you made the seams? They're really AWESOME!!!!

[SeanyG]

Originally Posted by auw12

It's unreal! The seams on the steering wheel is just...not real...

Hi Sean could you please tell me how you made the seams? They're really AWESOME!!!!

thanks mate - all I did was once I had cut out the centre section of the wheel I hand painted a very light grey line all the way around the inside of the wheel, then once this was dry using semi-gloss black I thinned the line right down and carefully added thin lines across the grey line to simulate the gaps between each stitch - a little time consuming but worth it in the end I think. I was a little worried I wouldnt be able to thin the line down enough and the stitches would look too thick but I think it looks ok.

[auw12]

Originally Posted by SeanyG

thanks mate - all I did was once I had cut out the centre section of the wheel I hand painted a very light grey line all the way around the inside of the wheel, then once this was dry using semi-gloss black I thinned the line right down and carefully added thin lines across the grey line to simulate the gaps between each stitch - a little time consuming but worth it in the end I think. I was a little worried I wouldnt be able to thin the line down enough and the stitches would look too thick but I think it looks ok.

Thanks for your explaination, as detailed as your works. That's stunning man, the line looks so straight and neat, can't imagine it's hand painted. I guess I'll mess up everything if I do the same~

[puffyrs]

Hi Sean
Another great build.
Keep up.

[OrangeR]

I'm a fan of your work. That's it, plain and simple.
I just can't comment anything else.

[freakmech]

Great work so far. your making me really want to start on one of mine but i have to many things im trying to work on at the moment. At least ill have great reference for when i do start one of them. Thanks and keep it up!